Kimbal
Kimbal James Musk is a businessman and restaurateur. He co-owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, with restaurants in Colorado, Chicago, and Austin. He is the co-founder and chairman of Big Green, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has built hundreds of outdoor classrooms called Learning Gardens in schoolyards across the United States.
Meaning & Origin of Kimbal
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kimbal James Musk is a businessman and restaurateur. He co-owns The Kitchen Restaurant Group, with restaurants in Colorado, Chicago, and Austin. He is the co-founder and chairman of Big Green, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has built hundreds of outdoor classrooms called Learning Gardens in schoolyards across the United States.
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The Story of Kimbal
As a girl name
Kimbal first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1957, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 5 Kimbals were born — ranking #6,086 that year. As of 2026, Kimbal ranks #6,086 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Kimbals have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Kimbal first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1951, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1952, when 10 Kimbals were born — ranking #2,514 that year. As of 2026, Kimbal ranks #4,037 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 56 Kimbals have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kimbal
Kimbal is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 56 births in the dataset. Kimbal's peak popularity came in 1952 when it ranked #2,514. Use the chart and map above to compare Kimbal's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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